Director, AI Systems R&D & MLOps Platforms

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Spring House (PA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Director, R&D AI Systems to lead the technology capabilities that operationalize AI, GenAI, LLM, and knowledge graphs across Innovative Medicine R&D. The role partners across DDSAI, Technology Services, Information Security, and product teams to translate use cases into production-grade platforms and governed workflows.

Location options include Titusville, NJ, Spring House, PA or Raritan, NJ.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Data Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive technology leadership experience with significant focus on AI/ML platforms, MLOps, data platforms, cloud, product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead MLOps and LLMOps platform management for enterprise AI systems.
• Define deployment patterns and governance for secure, scalable AI services.
• Partner with product, security, architecture, and business teams to productionize AI use cases.
• Drive adoption metrics and cost management for AI platforms.

Skills

AI leadership

Cross-functional leadership

MLOps

LLMOps

Security & risk management

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenAI API

Anthropic Claude

AWS Bedrock

Google Vertex AI

LangChain

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Director, R&D AI Systems to lead the technology capabilities that operationalize AI, GenAI, LLM, and knowledge graphs across Innovative Medicine R&D. The role partners across DDSAI, Technology Services, Information Security, and product teams to translate use cases into production-grade platforms and governed workflows.

Location options include Titusville, NJ, Spring House, PA or Raritan, NJ.